CBSE Class 9 English Communicative Question Paper Set 12

CBSE English Communicative last year question papers for Class 9 CBSE exams for CBSE Students. Based on CBSE and CCE guidelines. The students should practice these Question Papers to gain perfection which will help him to get more marks in CBSE examination. The CBSE releases question papers every year. Some papers are released prior to the CBSE examinations so that students can do practice.Please refer to more CBSE Class IX question papers in other links.

Summative Assessment – I, 2011 - English Communicative - Class - IX - Maximum Marks: 90 Time : 3 hours

Instructions:

The question paper is divided into four sections.

Section A: Reading 20 marks

Section B: Writing 25 marks

Section C: Grammar 20 marks

Section D: Literature 25 marks

Section A

(Reading – 20 Marks)

Q1. Read the following passage carefully: (10 marks)

Conversation is indeed the most easily teachable of all arts. All you need to do in order to become a good conversationalist is to find a subject that interests you and your listener. There are, for example, numberless hobbies to talk about. But the important thing is that you must talk about the other fellow’s hobby rather than your own. Therein lies the secret of your popularity. Talk to your friends about the things that interest them and you will get a reputation for good fellowship, charming wit and brilliant mind. There is nothing that pleases people so much as your interest in their interests. A good conversationalist can be  effective only if he/ she is able to blend humour, wit, topics of good interest, presence of mind, knowledge of various things, logical thinking etc., in fine proportion.

Praise and appreciate people, for nothing pleases a man as mere appreciation and flattery. It is just as important to know what subjects to avoid as what subject to select for good conversation. If you don’t want to set down a wet blanket of bore, be careful to avoid certain unpleasant topics. Avoid talking about yourself unless you are asked to do so. Use simple words and let the conversation be lucid. Avoid flowery use of language, jargons etc. Do not beat about the bush or talk boastfully about our ownself. Let the talk be exuberant, lively and interesting. People are interested in their own problems, not yours; sickness or death bores everybody. Similarly age-old tales, happenings of the past even though they may be real, will never interest the listeners. The only one who willingly listens to such talk is the doctor, may be sometimes even to nonstop nonsense, because he gets paid for it.

(i) Answer the following questions briefly:

(a) The basic need of good conversation is __________.

(b) The most important thing in a good conversation is ___________.

(c) The essential thing to be avoided in good conversation is __________.

(d) If the conversation has to be efffective, the speaker should blend ______ in fine proportion.

(e) One such thing which will never interest the listener is _________.

(f) The appropriate title for the passage is __________.

(ii) Fill in the blanks with ONE word only in each blank :

In order to attract the listerner, one should avoid g)______ about one’s ownself, flowery use of language, (h)__________ etc. The talk has to be, exuberant, (i)__________ and interesting. People are not interested in other’s j) ______.

(iii) Find words in the passage that mean the following:

(k) familiarity (para 1) -

(l) happy, exciting (para 3) -

Q2. Read the following passage carefully: (5 marks)

Saalumarada Thimakka

The row of 284 banyan trees in Hulikal, 70 km from Bangalore owe their existence to Thimakka, a 70 years old illiterate woman. Fifty years ago, when Thimakka found out that she could not have children, she was extremely unhappy. She decided to grow trees in the hope that she would conceive, Banyan saplings were easily available and so Thimakka began growing them. Thus even though she did not give birth to a child, tending to her saplings lovingly and watching them mature into trees gave her immense joy and satisfaction.

Thimakka’s labour of love did not go unnoticed. She has beeen showered with awards, by the Karnataka State Government as well as by the Central Government and is lovingly referred to as Saalumarada Thimakka (the one who planted a row of trees).

(a) What did Thimakka find fifty years ago ?

(i) She could not find banyan seeds easily...............................

Refer to the attached file for CBSE Class IX English Communicative Summative Assessment 1 Question Paper for 2011 - 5